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- Elizabeth Maconchy
Sirens' Song (1974)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
- SSATB
- soprano
- 5 min
- William Browne
Programme Note
Sirens’ Song
Music by ELIZABETH MACONCHY(1974) words by WILLIAM BROWNE
For soprano solo and unaccompanied chorus SSATB
William Browne’s beautiful poem ‘Steer, hither steer your winged pines, All beaten mariners!’, comes from his masque ‘Ulysses and Circe’, performed at the Inner Temple in 1615. In this setting we first hear the Sirens singing to lure all mariners. From the distance the mariners reply. They are gradually drawn on, until the climax on ‘Come on shore’, after which the whole scene recedes into distance like a dream.
Music by ELIZABETH MACONCHY(1974) words by WILLIAM BROWNE
For soprano solo and unaccompanied chorus SSATB
William Browne’s beautiful poem ‘Steer, hither steer your winged pines, All beaten mariners!’, comes from his masque ‘Ulysses and Circe’, performed at the Inner Temple in 1615. In this setting we first hear the Sirens singing to lure all mariners. From the distance the mariners reply. They are gradually drawn on, until the climax on ‘Come on shore’, after which the whole scene recedes into distance like a dream.
Media
Maconchy: Siren's Song
Discography
Sirens' Song
- LabelCoro
- Catalogue NumberCOR16198
- ConductorHarry Christophers
- EnsembleThe Sixteen
- Released2023
Elizabeth Maconchy - Music for Voices
- LabelLorelt Records Ltd.
- Catalogue NumberLNT 127
- ConductorOdaline de la Martinez
- EnsembleBBC Singers
- SoloistRichard Pearce, piano
- Released28th November 2007
20th Century British Choral Music
- LabelUsk Recordings
- Catalogue NumberUSK 1216CD
- ConductorTimothy Salter
- EnsembleIonian Singers
